What's happening in Montreal this weekend?

June 17, 2009 6:27 PM

What's happening in Montreal this weekend?

So I'm driving up to Montreal this weekend from Boston with a couple of first timers (I was there once before). I am hoping to get some suggestions for some exciting times for artsy/designy/musiciany twenty-somethings who are into openings, live music, dance parties, etc... We're staying in the plateau, but have a car, so we can get around a bit. Oh, and I've been keeping an eye on stilepost.ca, so anything in addition to that would be awesome!

posted by ajliberto to travel & transportation (7 comments total)

Great Lake Swimmers are playing in Montreal on Saturday.
posted by The World Famous at 6:50 PM on June 17

Festivals: Suoni per il Popolo, the Fringe Festival, the First People's Festival, the Virgin Festival, the Fête de la musique, the Infringement festival, the Off Festival de Jazz, Spanish fireworks at La Ronde at 10 p.m. Saturday, and Piknic Electronik Sunday afternoon.
posted by zadcat at 7:01 PM on June 17 [1 favorite]

If you're around Mont Royal on Sunday afternoon between noon and 1, there's Tam Tam du Mont Royal. FAQ. YouTube excerpt. Depending on your tastes, this may be a reason to run to or away from the mountain.
posted by maudlin at 7:11 PM on June 17

You mean between noon and sunset.
posted by furtive at 8:19 PM on June 17

Stillepost has a thread with live music listings.
posted by Beardman at 8:38 PM on June 17

When there was a Formula One race there (which always occurred around this time in June) there was almost always an International fireworks competition happening the same weekend.

I would look into that.
posted by Zambrano at 10:33 AM on June 18

Also: just north of where they held the F1 race (on Ile Notre Dame) there is a decent amusement park called La Ronde.
posted by Zambrano at 10:35 AM on June 18